Accounting for Government of Canada Securities
Description: Information on the recording, for reporting and controlling purposes, of activities for the period during which the securities are in existence.
Document Types: Accounting records and controls; financial reports.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC GSS 330

Confirmation of Balances and Statements of Gold and Securities Held in Safekeeping by the Bank of Canada
Description: Information on the custodial responsibilities of the Bank towards clients for the safekeeping of their gold or securities.
Document Types: Central banks; chartered banks; domestic financial institutions; Government of Canada accounts; Government of Canada agencies; international financial institutions; dealers.
Access: Files are arranged by organization.
Record Number: BOC CSD 345

Exchange Fund Account
Description: Information on the Minister of Finance's Exchange Fund Account, the principal repository of Canada's foreign exchange reserves.
Document Types: Legislation, transactions and accounting procedures; portfolio management; Exchange Fund Account reports.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC CSD 350

Fellowship Program
Description: Information on a program that encourages research at Canadian universities in macroeconomics, monetary economics, international finance and the economics of financial markets and institutions. The records relate to applications and supporting documents for the Fellowship Program.
Document Types: Research papers, letters of nomination, reference lists and also letters of reference to substantiate how the applicants meet the criteria of the program; criteria used to determine successful applicants; Policies and Procedures; Press Releases; Nominating Committee Meetings; Presentations by Recipients of Research Findings.
Access: Files are organized by subject; fellowship recipients and non-awarded are filed in alphabetical order by applicant name.
Record Number: BOC ELS 400

General Accounting Records
Description: Information on various accounts and accounting as prescribed by the Bank of Canada Act.
Document Types: Accounting; Bank of Canada balance sheets; Bank of Canada notes -general, orders and deliveries, destruction, pricing; statements/reports; banks in liquidation -loan analysis; investment transactions; unclaimed bank balances.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC CSD 340

Security
Description: The Security business line is responsible for administering the Bank's Security policy and the application of the Canadian Government Security Policy to the Bank. It has the responsibility to develop policies and procedures in the areas of access control such as issuing or cancelling access cards to ensure the physical Security, Security of personnel and Security of the material of the Bank's facilities. It also includes the Security of information technology, Security of informatics and communications Security.
Document Types: Physical access control; Security breaches; access cards; Security screening and clearances; policies and standards; threat and risk assessments; Security awareness and training; continuity of operations management program; physical Security systems and equipment; advice and training on the use of Security equipment; access control credentials and associated access rights to the Bank's IT environment.
Access: files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC CSD 355

Department of Banking Operations

Bank Note Research
Description: Information on all phases of bank note design, production, anti-counterfeiting measures, distribution and special studies on the automation of handling of bank notes.
Document Types: Special studies; committees and conferences; currency usage -technological developments; coin/note substitutions; bank note design -general, series and denominations, counterfeiting/simulations, security features, research, security research; bank note production; note flows issues; notes flows -studies/projects; automation.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC DBO 285

Bank of Canada Notes, Government Securities and Gold
Description: Information on the finishing, inventory and distribution of Bank of Canada notes and Government of Canada securities; the processing and destruction of used and mutilated bank notes; custodial responsibilities for gold.
Document Types: Accounting procedures; Bank of Canada notes -general, statements, bank note companies, orders/deliveries, shipments, transportation, inventory, redemption and disposal, destruction certificates -unissuable notes; coins -general, statements, mutilated, requisitions; securities; treasury bills; Canadian National Railway bonds; Government of Canada bonds; Canada Savings Bonds; client gold accounts arrangements and transactions.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC DBO 300

Canadian Institutions and Financial Sector Automation
Description: Information on the payment systems of major Canadian institutions.
Document Types: Chartered banks and savings banks; trust and mortgage loan companies; credit unions and caisses populaires; provincial government savings institutions; Canadian government departments and agencies; retailers; communications carriers; protocols.
Access: Files arranged by company.
Record Number: BOC DBO 301

Client Accounts
Description: Information on the maintenance of Client Accounts and related transactions.
Document Types: Accounts related to the Government of Canada; Government of Canada agencies; chartered banks and non-banks; central banks and international financial institutions.
Access: Files arranged by client account.
Record Number: BOC DBO 275

Currency Museum
Description: Includes information related to the administration and programs of the Currency Museum including the National Currency Collection, the largest collection of Canadian bank notes, coins, and tokens in the world. The Museum offers educational activities in the museum itself and traveling exhibits that can be seen across Canada.
Document Types: These records may include material related to general information about the Currency Museum, communications, records documenting the sale and distribution of photographic reproductions; information related to the planning and implementation of Exhibits, Tours, Activities/Workshops, Gallery Development, School Programs, Special Events; records relating to the Bank of Canada Numismatic Collection – Exhibits and Speeches, Specimen notes and Coins from Central Banks handed to Currency Collection, Items on Loan from the National Currency Collection, Items on Loan to Currency Collection, Statement of Purchases.
Access: by subject.
Record Number: BOC DBO 271

Domestic Payment System Developments and Implications
Description: Information on planning in the Canadian payments system as it evolves towards more electronic methods.
Document Types: Canadian clearing system; task forces and committees; Canadian Computer Communications Task Force; Working Group 3 study; payments system policy; Canadian Payments Association.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC DBO 302

Government Banking and Agency Operations
Description: Information on field operations of banking services to other central banks and fiscal agent services provided to the Government of Canada.
Document Types: See Government Banking and Fiscal Services, Client Accounts and Loans of or Guaranteed by the Government of Canada.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC DBO 290

Government Banking and Fiscal Services
Description: Information on general banking services to other central banks and to fiscal agent services provided for the Government of Canada.
Document Types: Bank Act security; Canadian Bankers' Association; clearing; government deposits; Interbank International Payments System; safekeeping of valuables; one dollar coin; Bank of Canada accounts at central banks; Bank of Canada gold accounts at central banks; external signing authorizations; Bank of Canada notes -general, operational procedures, enquiries/comments, pricing and ordering, design and release, circulation, counterfeit, redemption and disposal, bank note companies; coins – general, enquiries, specimen and commemorative coins; deposits and payments processed through client accounts; Canadian Payments Association -general, automated clearing settlement system (ACSS); Large Value Transfer System (LVTS); Banknote Operation System (BNOS); Note Exchange System (NES); Funds Management (Financial Asset/Liability Management); Financial Stability (Settlement and Credit Operations); agency operational procedures; cash overages and shortages; client services; automation -bank note distribution systems -general -meetings; taxation -policies and procedures; transportation administration; transportation contracting; transportation security matters; closing of agencies' cash operations; regional presence, regional distribution points.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC DBO 270

Government of Canada Clearings and Redemptions
Description: Information on the processing of government items and the related payments or deposits to be made to or on behalf of the government.
Document Types: Balance and recapitulations; government deposits; redemptions; settlement enquiries; deposit letters.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC DBO 295

International Payments System Developments and Implications
Description: Information on international payments system automation research and planning.
Document Types: Bank for International Settlements (BIS); central banks; International Standardization Organization (ISO) -automation standards; Society for World-Wide Inter-bank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT).
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC DBO 303

Loans of or Guaranteed by the Government of Canada
Description: Information on loans issued by or guaranteed by the Government of Canada for which the Bank of Canada acts as manager of the public debt; also rules, regulations and transactions of each issue.
Document Types: Transfers and exchanges; transfer and guarantee of signatures on securities -resolutions; treasury bills; Canadian National Railways bond issues; Government of Canada bonds; instructions to agents on the delivery of Government of Canada loans, bond auctions and Canada Savings Bonds; interest payments and commission due on foreign borrowings; Revolving Standby Credit Facilities.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC DBO 280

Role of Banks in Providing Computer Services
Description: Research performed by the Canadian Computer Communications Task Force and the Interdepartmental Steering Committee on the electronic payments system.
Document Types: Task forces and committees; computer services offered by financial institutions; computer services bureaus.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC DBO 304

Administrative Arrangements with Financial Institutions
Description: Instructions and other data made available to financial institutions through which the Bank of Canada deals with bond owners in the normal course of business.
Document Types: Issue of Government of Canada loans and securities; maintenance of securities registers; retirement of securities; agents and distributors; Canadian Payments Association.
Access: Files arranged by subject, by loan.
Record Number: BOC GSS 335

Government Securities in the Retail Debt Market
Description: Information on the planning, coordination and administration of the sale of Government Securities in the Retail Debt Market; also reports/statistics on the monitoring and analysis of the results of the sale of these securities.
Document Types: Government Securities in the Retail Debt Market -general; automation; inquiries; materials -general, distribution, materials distribution centre and lists, inventory, production, transportation; Payroll Savings Plan -campaign, loans, organization, personnel, personnel remuneration, regions/territories, remittance schedules, sales; public service campaign; remittances; sales agents -general, arrangements, coordination, associations, fees and commissions, subagents; sales and redemption.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC GSS 340

Government Securities, Retail Debt Market – Sales and Processing Agents
Description: The administrative arrangements between the Bank of Canada and eligible Sales Agents and Processing Agents.
Document Types: Sales Agents and Processing Agents -companies, trust companies, trust companies -non-listed, schedule "B" banks; sales agents other than trusts; processing agents other than trusts and banks.
Access: Files arranged by company.
Record Number: BOC GSS 345

Issue of Government of Canada Loans and Securities
Description: Information on the domestic and foreign borrowings by the Government of Canada for which the Bank of Canada acts as fiscal agent or participates as an advisory body.
Document Types: Treasury bills; Canadian National Railway bonds; Canada Savings Bonds; New Canada Payroll Savings Plan; Canada Premium Bonds; foreign loans; Government of Canada marketable bonds; Government of Canada loans issued; real return bond issues.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC GSS 305

Maintenance of Securities Registers
Description: Information on procedures and individual security registers and their periodic updating.
Document Types: Transfer and exchanges; change of address; lost, stolen or destroyed coupons; lost, stolen or destroyed security certificates; securities registrations; securities processing; guarantee of signatures.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC GSS 315

Payment of Interest
Description: Information on the various means and processes by which the contractual obligation to pay interest is discharged.
Document Types: Direct deposit; cheques; coupons; withholding tax; interest notices; interest cheque production; cash bonuses; adjustments; taxation.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC GSS 320

Production of Security Certificates
Description: Information on all phases necessary to obtain adequate supplies of security certificates and their distribution to the appropriate locations.
Document Types: Production reports; certificate design; foreign issues; printing errors; certificates ordered and distributed; contracts with suppliers.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC GSS 310

Retirement of Government Securities
Description: Information on the process through which owners of Government of Canada securities are reimbursed at maturity or in accordance with the terms under which the securities were issued.
Document Types: Canada Savings Bonds; Canada Premium Bonds; Government of Canada marketable bonds; treasury bills; war saving certificates; Canadian National Railways bonds; International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) bonds; redemptions of foreign loans.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC GSS 325

Department of Monetary and Financial Analysis

Capital Markets
Description: Information and studies into the functioning of Capital Markets.
Document Types: Household credit; bond markets; equity markets; money markets; securitization.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC MFA 155

Chartered Bank Analysis
Description: Information on balance-sheet and income statements of chartered banks and descriptive and econometric analysis of the banking system.
Document Types: Canadian dollar assets; Canadian dollar liabilities; foreign currency business and operations abroad; earnings, expenses and balance of revenue; chartered bank operations through affiliates.
Access: Files arranged by transactions.
Record Number: BOC MFA 105

Consumer Credit Markets
Description: Information collected by the Bank of Canada or Statistics Canada on the consumer debt held by financial institutions; also analyses of Consumer Credit Markets.
Document Types: Consumer credit and Household credit.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC MFA 125

Data Administration
Description: Documentation of data bases and requirements.
Document Types: Data base documentation; data requirements; data definitions; data adjustments; data sources; data operations manuals.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC MFA 165

Econometric Analysis and Background Studies
Description: Econometric models of financial markets, econometric analysis of the demand for financial assets, econometric investigation of financial-real linkages and general information on recent developments in econometric techniques.
Document Types: Econometric analysis of the monetary system; econometric models of markets; econometric models on financial-real linkages; technical support and special projects.
Access: Files arranged chronologically.
Record Number: BOC MFA 140

Financial Flows and Forecasting
Description: Information on the flow of credit between broad sectors of the economy; summary tables published semi-annually in the Bank of Canada Review.
Document Types: Financial flows matrix; credit market summary tables; sectoral analyses; financial markets projects.
Access: Files arranged by subject, sector and financial instrument.
Record Number: BOC MFA 135

Interest Rates
Description: Statistical information on market and administered rates in Canada and abroad; also analytical material related to Interest Rates, such as analyses of the term structure of real Interest Rates, and of the relationship between Interest Rates and inflation.
Document Types: Canadian financial institutions' Interest Rates; Canadian securities market Interest Rates; American Interest Rates; European Interest Rates.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC MFA 130

Monetary Policy
Description: Technical and econometric analyses of the role of monetary and credit aggregates as targets or indicators of Monetary Policy, as well as some analyses of the importance of international linkages in the conduct of Monetary Policy.
Document Types: Bank of Canada balance sheet data; instruments of Monetary Policy; targets and indicators of Monetary Policy; international aspects of Monetary Policy.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC MFA 100

Mortgage Market
Description: Information on mortgage loan approvals and mortgages outstanding held by financial institutions collected for the most part from published sources; also analyses of the Mortgage Market.
Document Types: Private institutional lenders; government lenders; new housing; existing housing.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC MFA 120

Non-bank Financial Intermediaries
Description: Balance-sheet data and analyses of the non-bank financial institutions.
Document Types: Trust and mortgage loan companies; credit unions and caisses populaires; sales finance and consumer loan companies; affiliates of foreign banks; life insurance companies; Quebec Savings Bank; provincial savings offices.
Access: Files arranged by company.
Record Number: BOC MFA 110

Regulatory Issues
Description: Reports and studies on Regulatory Issues.
Document Types: Deposit Insurance; ownership of financial institutions; statutory revisions; structure of financial institutions; Payments systems.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC MFA 160

Reviews and Comments on External Documents
Description: Reviews and/or comments on external documents received by the Bank of Canada.
Document Types: Documents from Department of Finance, Statistics Canada, The Conference Board of Canada, various other Canadian government departments, provincial governments, private sector organizations, American organizations (e.g. DRI, Conference Board), international organizations (e.g. IMF, OECD); academic publications or discussion papers.
Access: File arranged by institution.
Record Number: BOC MFA 170

Surveys, Reports and Returns
Description: Information on the collection of financial data required for the monitoring and analysis of financial developments.
Document Types: Reports and returns -trust companies, mortgage loan companies, non-financial companies, sales finance and consumer loan companies, affiliates of foreign banks; credit unions.
Access: Files arranged by company or organization.
Record Number: BOC MFA 150

United States and other Non-Canadian Financial Developments
Description: Information on American monetary policy and recent and projected financial developments in the U.S. and rest of world.
Document Types: United States -monetary policy and regulations, banking system; securities markets; thrift institutions and mortgage market; financial commentaries; financial data.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC MFA 145

Financial Markets Department

Book-Entry Securities Systems Development
Description: Information on the studies, planning, development, coordination and implementation of book-entry securities systems.
Document Types: New issue distribution service (NIDS); Canada bond bring-on project (CBBO); Money Market System (MMS); risk containment and regulation; debt clearing service; other special projects.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC FMD 071

Capital Markets
Description: Reports of economic and financial developments in the Atlantic region of Canada; also activities of various organizations that relate to capital market developments of interest to the Bank of Canada.
Document Types: Capital market coverage; government regulatory bodies; Canadian Depository for Securities; United States Securities Regulations; financial structure and regulation.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC FMD 005

Chartered Bank Cash Management
Description: Information relating to the cash reserve management operations of the Bank of Canada and the chartered banks; the assets and liabilities of the Bank of Canada; and the characteristics of the institutional relationship within the clearing and settlement system.
Document Types: Bank of Canada balance sheets; advances; underbought/overbought position; cash reserves; reserve requirements; clearings and payments system; Government of Canada deposits; note circulation; statements; compensation to financial institutions; chartered banks; direct clearing members of the Canadian Payments Association; Zero Reserve Operations; cumulative averaging.
Access: Files arranged by subject and institution.
Record Number: BOC FMD 035

Domestic Financing – General
Description: The release of general information outlining the terms and conditions of Government of Canada new loan issues.
Document Types: New loan and bond auction press releases; prospectuses; confirmation of offering; procedures; allotments; participation; statements.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC FMD 050

Domestic Financing – Matured Government of Canada Loans and Canada Savings Bonds
Description: Historical statistical information on the administrative details of each Government of Canada loan operation; used as research material for current borrowing operations.
Document Types: Loans.
Access: By name or maturity.
Record Number: BOC FMD 055

Foreign Exchange Market Analysis
Description: Information on developments in the Canadian and overseas exchange markets, trading in Canadian dollars against foreign currencies, the value of the major foreign currencies and exchange arrangements maintained by other major countries.
Document Types: Summary reports on exchange rates; statistical reviews and exchange rate development in overseas countries; exchange market settlement and accounting features; foreign exchange market surveys; forward market, swaps, currency futures and other financial innovations; statistical reports; external financing and takeovers; globalization of the foreign exchange market.
Access: Arranged by institution and by subject.
Record Number: BOC FMD 080

Foreign Exchange Transactions
Description: Information on foreign exchange bookkeeping and trading procedures of the Bank of Canada and transactions with other central banks.
Document Types: Transactions and procedures; portfolio management; reports; signing authorities; Bank of Canada foreign accounts.
Access: Files arranged by subject or organization.
Record Number: BOC CSD 355

Foreign Financing – Government of Canada
Description: Legal documentation for Government of Canada foreign loans and standby credit facilities. Statistical information used to monitor and analyze developments in international capital markets. Statistical and administrative documentation of the procedures undertaken by the Government of Canada to borrow abroad.
Document Types: Foreign financing general; foreign banks; Exchange Fund Account; Government of Canada foreign loans issued; standby credit facilities; Canada bills; interest rate and currency swaps; Yankee Bond buyback program; foreign underwriters.
Access: Files arranged by subject, by loan and issue date and by company.
Record Number: BOC FMD 060

Government of Canada Cash Projections and Debt Management Planning
Description: Information on the management and forecasting of the Government of Canada's cash balances. Analytical studies to support debt management planning and initiatives are prepared.
Document Types: Federal budget and main estimates; government cash reports and forecasts; debt management issues.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC FMD 065

Government Sector Analysis and Forecasting
Description: Information on developments in the government sector. Projections of federal and provincial government revenues and expenditures are developed.
Document Types: Monitoring and forecasting using the Quarterly Projection Model; QPM-related and other special reports; program and policy analysis; provincial budget and borrowing analysis.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC FMD 066

Intervention
Description: Documents and papers prepared in Canada and in other major countries relating to the Working Group on Exchange Market Intervention. The group was established at the Versailles Summit of the Heads of State and Government, June 1982.
Document Types: Intervention studies.
Access: Files arranged by subject and by country.
Record Number: BOC FMD 090

Money Market Analysis and Primary Distribution
Description: Information on the general financial market activity of various institutions and organizations with particular emphasis on the money market arrangements (with Bank of Canada) and money market activity of banks and investment dealers.
Document Types: Industries and associations; Financial Research Foundation of Canada; financial institutions; stock exchanges; insurance companies; mortgage companies; finance companies; non-financial institutions; primary distributors; jobber money market report; municipal financing; banker's acceptances; mergers of companies and organizations; brokers.
Access: Files arranged by subject and company.
Record Number: BOC FMD 010

Official International Reserves
Description: Information on Canada's foreign exchange reserves, including holdings of the Minister of Finance, the Receiver General and the Bank of Canada, as well as borrowings by the Canadian government in foreign currencies.
Document Types: Definitions and historical data; reports and statements on reserve status; Government of Canada foreign currency borrowings and loans; reserves -investments.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC FMD 095

Open Market Operations and Securities Market Analysis
Description: Statistical and analytical information relating to financial markets.
Document Types: Interest rates; treasury bills; comments on markets; purchase and resale agreements; stock averages and prices; short-term paper; client transactions; issues placements; bond prices, yields and quotes; securities transactions; holdings of securities; U.S. securities; Bank of Canada portfolio; provincial, corporate and municipal markets; interest rate futures.
Access: Files arranged by year and transaction.
Record Number: BOC FMD 030

Primary Distributors – Dealers
Description: Reports on the volumes of transactions in the Canadian securities markets -used to assess the level of activity in Canadian securities markets.
Document Types: Dealers by name.
Access: Files arranged geographically and by company.
Record Number: BOC FMD 020

Primary Distributors – Jobbers
Description: Information on the financial arrangements between the Bank of Canada and major Canadian investment dealers relating to money market activities.
Document Types: Jobbers.
Access: By name.
Record Number: BOC FMD 015

Primary Distributors – Statistics
Description: Detailed statistical information on the levels of participation by each Canadian investment dealer in each Government of Canada loan.
Document Types: Jobbers and dealers by name.
Access: Files arranged by institution, company and region.
Record Number: BOC FMD 025

Special Studies and Analysis
Description: Studies and analyses of the various techniques used to implement monetary policy, debt management and securities market strategy.
Document Types: Debt management analysis; cash reserve management studies; interest rate analysis; macroeconomics policy papers; capital market analysis; money market analysis; marketing government debt; Canada Savings Bond analysis and surveys.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC FMD 070

International Department

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Description: Information on meetings at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the work of various BIS committees and the provision of Eurocurrency statistics.
Document Types: Meetings -general; Group of Ten -Governors Meetings; Gold and Foreign Exchange Meetings; Concertation Meetings; Meetings of Computer and Databank Experts; Committee on Banking Regulation and Supervision; multilateral surveillance statistics meetings; Standing Committee on Eurocurrency Market; Financial Stability Forum; Eurocurrency statistics; bridge financing -credit facility.
Access: Files arranged by subject, committee and country.
Record Number: BOC INT 235

Contacts
Description: Information on various Contacts of the Bank of Canada with institutions and organizations in the foreign exchange area in Canada and abroad, principally as an aid to monitoring and analyzing developments in exchange markets.
Document Types: Legislation and bank reporting; Canadian Bankers' Association; general brokerage services; Canadian chartered banks; central banks and monetary authorities; foreign commercial banks; governmental departments, agencies and Crown corporations; non-bank financial institutions.
Access: Files arranged by institution or organization.
Record Number: BOC INT 200

Developments in Foreign Countries
Description: Information on current economic and financial developments in overseas countries, including relations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), economic projections for major industrial countries, international comparisons, press reports on developments in overseas countries, international capital markets and international organizations.
Document Types: Projections by international organizations and the Bank of Canada; developments in various countries; Bank for International Settlements press summaries; Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Access: Files arranged by subject and country.
Record Number: BOC INT 220

Developments in the United States
Description: Information on current economic and financial Developments in the United States, and the economic outlook, including analysis of economic projections and studies produced by international organizations (IMF and OECD).
Document Types: Developments in the United States; projections by international organizations and the Bank of Canada.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC INT 221

Federal Organizations and Interdepartmental Committees
Description: Information on federal government organizations or interdepartmental committees that deal with international economic questions in which the Bank has some involvement.
Document Types: Export Development Corporation (EDC); Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); interdepartmental meetings; interdepartmental committees on economic relations with developing countries and assistant deputy ministers' sub-committee on economic relations; Department of Finance; Department of External Affairs; information technology sub-committee of the Privy Council Office (PCO).
Access: Files arranged by organization or committee.
Record Number: BOC INT 215

Gold, Silver and Other Commodities
Description: Information on gold, silver and commodity market practices -statistics, legislation and official gold transactions.
Document Types: Gold legislation; gold operations; gold markets; export-import reports; silver legislation and oil.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC FMD 086

International Developments
Description: Information on developments in international capital markets, in particular international banking, Eurocurrency and bond markets, external debt of overseas countries, deployment of oil exporter's surpluses and recycling and major commodities, including commodity agreements.
Document Types: International finance; international capital markets -recent developments and borrowing and recycling; commodities; inter-central bank arrangements.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC INT 210

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Description: Information on the work and activities of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issues discussed at IMF Executive Board meetings and at the Interim Committee.
Document Types: IMF General Account -drawings and repurchases, special drawing rights, general arrangements to borrow; Canadian consultations; International Monetary System and Reform Exercise; other lending facilities; annual meetings; amendments to articles of agreement.
Access: Files arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC INT 230

International Organizations and Institutions
Description: Information on the activities of various international or regional economic organizations, in particular those aspects that relate to world economic or financial issues of interest to the Bank.
Document Types: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD); European Economic Community (EEC); Commonwealth/Committees Meetings; Technicians of Central Banks of the American Continent (CEMLA); Summit Meetings; Group of Ten; Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) International Co-operation and Policy Coordination; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); Asian Development Bank; Group of Twenty-two; Group of Thirty-Three; other International Organizations and Institutions; structural reform and adjustment in eastern Europe; international assistance in response of gulf crisis.
Access: Files arranged by organization.
Record Number: BOC INT 225

Research Department

Current Analysis and Economic Developments
Description: Interpretation of current economic data for Canada and analysis of the economic implications of current economic developments.
Document Types: Current analysis; National Accounts; Balance of Payments; economic cycles/indicators; conferences; consumption/saving; housing; investment/inventories/cost of capital; supply and demand for labour; wages; prices (inflation); direct taxes; indirect taxes and subsidies; foreign sector; financial sector; productivity; production functions; capacity utilization; economic potential; income distribution; regions of Canada; industries; rest of the world; Canadian farm sector; world energy markets; resource sector (other than farm and energy); demographics; world commodity markets; Canadian energy sector; exchange rates; interest rates.
Access: Files are arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC RES 081

General Economic Analysis -Theory and Models
Description: Information on the structure and use of Bank of Canada econometric models, and other analyses of the structure and behaviour of economies.
Document Types: Theory; input/output; economic cycles/indicators; history; conferences; consumption/saving; investment/inventories/cost of capital; supply and demand for labour; wages; prices (inflation); direct taxes; indirect taxes and subsidies; foreign sector; financial sector; productivity; production functions; capacity utilization; economic potential; income distribution; regions of Canada; industries; rest of the world; Canadian farm sector; world energy markets; resource sector (other than farm and energy); models in general; RDX2; RDXF; SAM; QPM; demographics; world commodity markets; Canadian energy sector; exchange rates; interest rates.
Access: Files are arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC RES 086

Projections, Policy Simulations and Policy Analysis
Description: Economic projections for the Canadian economy, information on the use of econometric models for analysis of alternative macroeconomic policies, and other policy analyses.
Document Types: Staff projections; price and incomes policy; market structure policy; government expenditures and transfers; government finance; monetary policy; fiscal policy; exchange rates; interest rates.
Access: Files are arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC RES 076

Quantitative Methods, Computer and Data (Sources and Methods)
Description: Descriptions of research methods, data construction and computer systems.
Document Types: Econometrics; programming and computer systems; time series analysis; input/output; National Accounts; Balance of Payments; demographics; general methodology.
Access: Files are arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC RES 096

Reviews and Comments on External Documents
Description: Reviews and/or comments on external documents received by the Bank of Canada.
Document Types: Documents from Department of Finance, Economic Council of Canada, Statistics Canada, The Conference Board of Canada, various other Canadian government departments, provincial governments, private sector organizations, American organizations (e.g. DRI, Conference Board), international organizations (e.g. IMF, OECD); academic publications or discussion papers.
Access: Files are arranged by subject.
Record Number: BOC RES 091